Xamarin
Ana Phi Sancho
Jun 22, 2018
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CommentsWhat is Xamarin?
Xamarin’s Mono-based products enable .NET developers to use their existing code, libraries and tools (including Visual Studio*), as well as skills in .NET and the C# programming language, to create mobile applications for the industry’s most widely-used mobile devices, including Android-based smartphones and tablets, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
Xamarin is a tool in the Frameworks category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Cross-platform development- Thinking about supporting iOS, Android, Mac and Windows? Xamarin allows you to write it all in C#.Reuse existing code- Use your favorite .NET libraries in Xamarin apps. Easily use third-party native libraries and frameworks.Discover as you type- Explore APIs as you type with code autocompletion.Visual Studio or Xamarin Studio- Create, build, debug, and deploy apps in Visual Studio. Or use Xamarin Studio, a fully-featured IDE that is built for mobile app development.Native UI, Native Performance- Xamarin delivers high performance compiled code with full access to all the native APIs so you can create native apps with device-specific experiences.Point and Click UI Design- Xamarin provides a world class Android UI designer. Use Apple Xcode UI designer to create interfaces and Storyboards that automatically sync with your Xamarin.iOS project.
Xamarin Pros & Cons
Pros of Xamarin
- ✓Power of c# on mobile devices
- ✓Native performance
- ✓Native apps with native ui controls
- ✓No javascript - truely compiled code
- ✓Sharing more than 90% of code over all platforms
- ✓Ability to leverage visual studio
- ✓Many great c# libraries
- ✓Mvvm pattern
- ✓Amazing support
- ✓Powerful platform for .net developers
Cons of Xamarin
- ✗Build times
- ✗Visual Studio
- ✗Price
- ✗Complexity
- ✗Scalability
- ✗Build Tools
- ✗Maturity
- ✗Nuget
- ✗Support
- ✗Maturidade
Xamarin Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Xamarin?
React Native
React Native enables you to build world-class application experiences on native platforms using a consistent developer experience based on JavaScript and React. The focus of React Native is on developer efficiency across all the platforms you care about - learn once, write anywhere. Facebook uses React Native in multiple production apps and will continue investing in React Native.
Flutter
Flutter is a mobile app SDK to help developers and designers build modern mobile apps for iOS and Android.
Ionic
Free and open source, Ionic offers a library of mobile and desktop-optimized HTML, CSS and JS components for building highly interactive apps. Use with Angular, React, Vue, or plain JavaScript.
